A validated quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of ranaviruses (Family Iridoviridae) in fish tissue and cell cultures, using EHNV as a model

Aquaculture

Volumn 356-357, Issue , 2012, Pages 186-192

  Jaramillo, Diana ^a   Tweedie, Alison ^a   Becker, Joy A ^a   Hyatt, Alex ^b   Crameri, Sandra ^b   Whittington, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

EHNV; QPCR; Ranavirus; Validation

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CELL ORGANELLE; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE; VIRUS;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHURUS; AMPHIBIA; CYPRINIDAE; EPIZOOTIC HAEMATOPOIETIC NECROSIS VIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; IRIDOVIRIDAE; IRIDOVIRUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MEGALOCYTIVIRUS; MIRIDAE; POECILIA RETICULATA; RANAVIRUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 84863335585     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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